by American Association for State and Local History | Feb 22, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
We need a more productive public conversation about history. Today, AASLH is proud to introduce Reframing History, a new set of evidence-backed communications strategies for more effectively communicating what history is and why it matters to society. The result of a...
by American Association for State and Local History | Feb 21, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on and plans to accomplish in the coming months. In most cases, the chair authored the report, though in some instances it was a staff member. While the main...
by Ben Franklin's World | Feb 15, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/322_Cook-Bell.mp3 During the War for American Independence, the British Army attempted to create chaos and inflict economic damage to the revolutionaries’ war effort by issuing two proclamations that promised freedom to any...
by American Association for State and Local History | Feb 14, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH One common criticism of historic house museums is they are static and impersonal. Even when curators and interpreters try to make the house look “lived in,” it often fails to invoke the feeling of home for their...
by Historic New England | Feb 14, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Feb 14, 2022Mellon Conservation Fellow Karen Bishop shares her process for creating a replica of a seventeenth-century carved drawer and box. In the final part of this series, Karen creates the feet and trim. Lathe Turning After building the case and drawer, Karen...
by American Association for State and Local History | Feb 10, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on and plans to accomplish in the coming months. In most cases, the chair authored the report, though in some instances it was a staff member. While the main...
